samagon 2864 Posted January 13 (edited) On 1/9/2020 at 12:53 PM, LBC2HTX said: It's not. The article is a piece on the office project on San Felipe between Arabella and Target. Only the bolded tidbit is in reference to The Allen. In any case, a pet-peeve of mine is when people to refer to Uptown as "The Galleria" (not that you did). The Galleria is a mall, not a district, much less one that extends to the other side of 610. uptown is a TIRZ. it was created in 1999. the Galleria area is what it was called before the TIRZ existed, and I call it the Galleria area, but I know where someone is talking about when they say Uptown. there's really no reason you should be peeved by the colloquial names used for an area. if anything you should be peeved that someone's taxes went to some marketing department so they could spend it on a renaming convention. when someone calls it the Galleria area all it shows is that someone has lived in Houston for more than 20 years. As another example, I grew up in Alief, it will always be Alief, it will never be the International District, but I'll still know what you mean if you call it the International District. Edited January 13 by samagon 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rechlin 2875 Posted January 14 21 hours ago, samagon said: the Galleria area is what it was called before the TIRZ existed, and I call it the Galleria area, but I know where someone is talking about when they say Uptown. And before it was called the Galleria Area, it was called the Magic Circle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cspwal 3396 Posted January 14 My grandmother told me stories about going dove hunting as a kid out on Westheimer where they eventually built the Galleria 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subdude 1576 Posted February 17 On 1/13/2020 at 12:27 PM, samagon said: uptown is a TIRZ. it was created in 1999. the Galleria area is what it was called before the TIRZ existed, and I call it the Galleria area, but I know where someone is talking about when they say Uptown. there's really no reason you should be peeved by the colloquial names used for an area. if anything you should be peeved that someone's taxes went to some marketing department so they could spend it on a renaming convention. when someone calls it the Galleria area all it shows is that someone has lived in Houston for more than 20 years. As another example, I grew up in Alief, it will always be Alief, it will never be the International District, but I'll still know what you mean if you call it the International District. Before the Galleria area was Uptown, "Uptown" was the area around Main and Holcombe, which was a rapidly growing part of the city. There was kind of a line along Main St: Downtown, Midtown and then Uptown. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbigtex56 1022 Posted February 17 On 1/14/2020 at 10:05 AM, cspwal said: My grandmother told me stories about going dove hunting as a kid out on Westheimer where they eventually built the Galleria One of the first people I met in Houston was Jay Hollyfield (of the Hollyfield Laundry/real estate family) who grew up on Westheimer. Their house was located where Sakowitz was built. At that time, Westheimer was a dirt road west of Post Oak. Imagine that. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoustonBoy 174 Posted February 27 It's crazy to think that Thompson is building hotels in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio simultaneously. The Texas market is strong! 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geographer 95 Posted April 19 What is the red cable in those construction pictures? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hindesky 36567 Posted April 19 6 minutes ago, Geographer said: What is the red cable in those construction pictures? Looks like barricade tape. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geographer 95 Posted April 19 No, I'm referring to the red cables or wires in this photograph: 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brijonmang 5279 Posted April 20 14 hours ago, Geographer said: No, I'm referring to the red cables or wires in this photograph: Those are post tension cables. They are pulled tight after concrete is poured. They add greater strength to the slab and can allow for longer spans between support columns... there are other benefits that someone more knowledgeable can attest to. 6 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArtNsf 579 Posted April 27 Looks like pretty good progress going on! One of only a handful of "good" things to come of the covid19 crisis these days - faster and easier construction projects. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KinkaidAlum 2628 Posted May 3 Has anyone found the height for this one? I'm hoping it gets in the 500 foot range as a grand hotel lobby floor plus for-sale condos tend to have higher ceiling heights than rentals. The AIG tower needs a tall companion. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paco Jones 429 Posted May 4 17 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said: Has anyone found the height for this one? I'm hoping it gets in the 500 foot range as a grand hotel lobby floor plus for-sale condos tend to have higher ceiling heights than rentals. The AIG tower needs a tall companion. Not sure about the Pavilion, but the Hotel/Condos that will be going up next to it measures 478' 11" to top of level 37 Helipad. 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hindesky 36567 Posted May 9 Ground floor concrete for the pavilion. 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityliving 490 Posted May 9 https://imgur.com/fd3i4CJ 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityliving 490 Posted May 10 https://imgur.com/etDBYKZ 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSirDingle 886 Posted May 17 (edited) Ngl I could see a row of high rises on Allen Parkway massively expanding the downtown skyline. We already have quite a few going up, ie. regent square , hanover square and the allen being all multi-highrise developments. After these are done I could see it being combined with the midtown and downtown, to make it look like one massive skyline. Eventually the 2 miles of land sitting on the parkway will be filled with high rises like the developments previously stated. This is the start of a massive, but organic densification process with downtown and tmc being the main nodes. The eventual infill between these nodes ie. midtown to allen parkway, will create a continuous dense urban environment unique to Houston. Honestly pretty excited to see these developments go up, just shows the growing juggernaut that Houston is and will be in the near future. Edited May 17 by TheSirDingle 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highrise Tower 23349 Posted Sunday at 01:14 AM 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSirDingle 886 Posted Sunday at 08:39 PM Some Permits for the Hotel/Condo tower. Good chance this part is going up soon. 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
